Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent</p><p>A judge in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/newmexico" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">New Mexico</a> ordered <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/meta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Meta Platforms</a> to pay $25bn on ⁠Wednesday after a jury found the company had misled consumers in a case arising from allegations that a political consulting firm involved in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-elections-2016" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">2016 presidential campaign</a> obtained data from millions of Facebook users ⁠without their consent.</p><p>“Facebook’s wrongdoing – ⁠over the course of ​years and systematically broadcast to the public – goes to the heart of Facebook’s core business practices,” Judge Francis Mathew wrote in his order following the verdict.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/21/meta-fined-new-mexico-data-privacy-case" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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